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Critical Mass?

Surely there is a critical mass of abandoned coffee mugs per desk beyond which it isn't safe to go without serious consequences. In the average cubicle, can you safely accumulate more than about ten empty mugs before causing a tear in the space-time continuum?

Re: Critical Mass?

"..as a friendly reminder, please reuse your mugs.."

In my experience, the sort of person who leaves their mess in communal areas for others to clean up does not respond at all to wimpy pleas to be decent. I suggest firmer language involving, say, kneecaps.

Re: Bloody Vegans

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Unless you use a locking snare.... in which case they will be very bloody until their (probably withered) heart gives out and the blood clots around the brass wire - fun fact: brass wire is sold in hardware stores in Sweden but not in Norway, very difficult to get hold of in an emergency!

Re: Bloody Vegans

Re: Bloody Vegans

Brass because it deforms easily to make the snare in the first place, not quite as easily as copper but the tensile strength is higher so less chance of the prey breaking free (whick, in UK at least, would make it an illegal snare if it could break away from it's tether and remain around the animal) also, it doesn't become brittle like steel wire. Locking snares are illegal in UK but are still used as they (can) prevent distress to the prey if the snares are not checked daily or if they are visited by other predators before they are checked & cleared. The locking part of the snare requires a wire that will deform easily so steel is out, as is copper for Hare, Fox etc.

I have seen snares used for Elk in some Scandanavian areas, not very common but can be more productive than tracking and shooting in winter. For Elk you absolutely would have to use a locking snare as they can be nasty bastards when caught....

Re: Where

And this..

Is why I have a faded pacman mug, usually crusty enough enough to need the coating chipped off.

Tends to mean it stays where I put it (in 4 years I've not had it borrowed yet).

Now tea spoons... That's a different matter. The office buys them in bulk and give it 6 months and they've all migrated (there's also usually a couple of tea spoons of some style not used in the building leaving me to think they migrate).

Re: And this..

Re: And this..

Re: And this..

I love it. A very important study.

If we assume that the annual rate of teaspoon loss per employee can be applied to the entire workforce of the city of Melbourne (about 2.5 million), an estimated 18 million teaspoons are going missing in Melbourne each year. Laid end to end, these lost teaspoons would cover over 2700 km—the length of the entire coastline of Mozambique1—and weigh over 360 metric tons—the approximate weight of four adult blue whales.2

That is NOT how I imagined Vulture Central... in my mind it was more along the lines of damp cellar, naked light bulb hanging from wire, dartboard with photo of TIm Cook in the wall, semi cannibalized remains of old computers in the corner...

First it was Venezuela...

staff have been banned from serving up anything non-vegetarian.

Isn't that discrimination? Against the majority, no less!

I think I'd protest by bringing in a tray of sausage rolls every Friday and leaving them on the table with the unread magazines. The omnivores will appreciate it almost as much as watching the veggies and vegans scream in horror.